Recent chains
Who Is Really Performing Here?
8 films
deadpan · unsettling · playful · complicit
Ali G returns to a world of cameras and marks, and this chain follows the put-on from Staines to Tehran, asking who is really being conned when we laugh.
When Slapstick Becomes Endurance Art
8 films
bruising · deadpan · transgressive · tender
A chain that starts with grown men stapling themselves to each other and ends somewhere near Buster Keaton, via a Belgian postman and a man who actually ate his own shoe.
The Rom-Com Lives in the Hesitation
8 films
wry · tender · observant · bittersweet
A chain about romantic comedy as a precision instrument, where the timing is in the pause and the laugh is in the fumbled hand.
When the Children's Host Turns Predator
5 films
unsettling · carnivalesque · lo-fi · malevolent
Casper Kelly's Buddy lets a singing orange unicorn hold his own cast hostage inside a deranged 1990s kids' show. This chain traces the lineage of the lethal entertainer, from a killer clown to a killer doll to a killer rabbit.
The University of British Cinema
8 films
witty · bittersweet · bookish · rebellious
From the dreaming spires of Cambridge to the redbrick campuses of the provinces, a journey through the British university film and what it reveals about class, education, and desire.
The Art of the Fall
8 films
provocative · uncomfortable · redemptive
From viral infamy to quiet vindication: a chain of films about bold artists whose audacity is mistaken for failure, tracing the same arc that turned Raygun from a punchline into a conversation.
Dolly Parton and the Art of the Country Star Turn
8 films
twangy · glittering · warm-hearted · unexpected
From Rhinestone to Dumplin', a chain of films where country music royalty carries the picture, each in a key uniquely their own.
From Transylvania to Treasure Island
8 films
playful · theatrical · nostalgic · campy
Trace Tim Curry's wild ride from cult icon to family favourite, one unforgettable role at a time.
A Feast for the Wandering Eye
8 films
tender · melancholy · sun-drenched
From Tokyo ramen bars to Mumbai tiffin carriers, eight films that use food to map the distances between people and the places they call home.
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